For 22 years Jineth Bedoya’s demonstrated incredible courage and determination to make a difference for thousands of women in Colombia who had suffered sexual violence. The pursuit of her case through the Colombian and International Courts has not been an easy one, she has been subjected to threats, forced to re-tell and to re-live the...
There is an urgent need to mitigate the climate crisis, but this has to be done as a just transition towards clean energy and it cannot require the global south to carry the costs of this transition. The current Colombian Government’s ambitious agenda to move away from fossil fuels and to invest heavily in renewable...
Inter-American Court of Human Rights concludes state was responsible for a crime against humanity in respect to the elimination of over 6,000 members of the Union Patriótica Colombia’s Communist Party. On 30 January 2023 the inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) declared the Colombian State responsible for the violation of human rights of 6,000 members...
While Colombia experiences three times the global average of rainfall per country, the water distribution is uneven. The large majority of freshwater is located in the Amazon Basin and the department of Chocó. According to Water Aid 1.2 million people in Colombia live without access to clean water.
On 8 March 2022, International Women’s Day, ABColombia’s special mention goes to Sisma Mujer, one of our partner organisations in Colombia. Sisma Mujer is a Colombian feminist organisation that since 1998 has contributed to the consolidation of the women’s movement and worked with women victims of violence and discrimination in private, public and armed conflict...
Escríbele a tu representante al Parlamento (MP) Con gran tristeza anunciamos que la defensora de los derechos humanos y líder social Luz Marina Arteaga fue asesinada el 17 de enero de 2022. Su cuerpo fue hallado a orillas de río Meta en el departamento de Casanare. ABColombia y Luz Marina trabajaron juntos por los últimos...
SOS Arauca As International Civil Society Organizations we reiterate our willingness to accompany theseprocesses and declare ourselves on alert for an Arauca in peace. Bogotá, January 24, 2022. The international civil society organizations signed on to this statement alert of the serious humanitarian situation and human rights crisis affecting the civilians of Arauca department. The...
An opinion piece appeared in El Espectador on 30 December 2021 written by Gustavo Gallon explaining why it is essential that paramilitary boss and commander of the ‘Clan del Golfo‘, Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, alias “Otoniel”, testifies before the Colombian Justice System before being extradited on drugs trafficking charges. The original can be found here....
It is powerfully striking that these events were carried out coincidentally just a couple of days after launching our campaign to reject the implementation of various megaprojects in the territory of the Sierra Nevada de (Gonawindua) Santa Marta, including the Los Besotes dam. The Kankuamo Indigenous People’s Authorities publicly denounce a new attacks against the...
1 October 2021 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its serious concern regarding the significant increase in the situations of forced internal displacement in Colombia. Events of massive forced displacement in Colombia increased significantly currently Colombia continues to report the highest number of internally displaced people in the world, a total of 8.3...
